Remote sensing in the mapping of the Brahmaputra/Jamuna River channel patterns and its relation to various landforms and tectonic environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3619-3631

  Das, J D ^a   Saraf, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LANDFORMS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; TECTONICS;

FOOTHILLS; MASSIF;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM; LANDSAT; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SANDBAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; ASSAM; BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EURASIA; GAUHATI; INDIA; JAMUNA RIVER; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547678484     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601009664     Document Type: Article

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